Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Brace Face, Metal Mouth, and Freakin' Adorable

Bria had an early release day today, so when she got home things were a little more laid-back than they usually are when she steps off of the bus. So I thought, HEY! Let's do a little photoshoot!

Bria was cool with it.

But, she kept smiling with her mouth closed.

"Bria!" I said, "Smile normally--I want some pictures of your new braces."

She just rolled her eyes at me and told me she doesn't smile with her mouth open for pictures anymore thankyouverymuch.

"But, you look adorable with your braces on!"

"No, I don't! I look weeeeeiiiird with them on!"

"Come on. Just a couple pictures with normal smiles?"

"Okay. But just a little one."

"Oh, you can do better than that...I can hardly see your teeth!"

"FINE!"

"Bria....humor me, please!"

Now she's just laughing at me.

But the joke's on her, because laughter leads to the best smiles of all.

(And come on....she's totally adorable, is she not?)(And so grown up looking, too.)(Today I was just looking at some photos from the cruise last January and I can't believe how much she's changed over the course of one year...)

But she is still totally adorable.

Lara Neves

Lara is mom to three daughters—two teens and a tween. She loves to share her parenting and homemaking triumphs and failures here at Overstuffed! She was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2015 and has been fighting it ever since. When she isn't working on her mother of the year award, you can find her reading, singing, or taking photos.

She does look adorable!! My kids were all self conscience when they first got their braces on too.Great pictures - besides her great smile and lovely face the blue and the purple really make the pictures pop!